Electric fence insulator puller



y 1949. E. H. THUREEN 2,475,208

' ELECTRIC FENCE INSULA'I'OR FULLER Filed June 30, 1945 IN VEN TOR.

ATTU RN EYS Patented July 5, 1949 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE ELEQTRICFENCE INSULATOB FULLER Ernest Henry Thureen, East Grand Forks, Minn.

Application June 30, 1945, Serial No. 602,510

1 Claim. 1

My present invention, in its broad aspect, has to do with improvementsin tools for pulling the insulators of electric Wire fences. It has beenfound difficult to pull the insulators of Wire fences, and my presentinvention both securely clamps about an insulator to be removed andfunctions as a pry to give the necessary leverage to detach it. Mydevice is simple and sturdy and has no parts likely to become broken orget out of order under hard and continuous usage, and it may bemanufactured and sold at relatively small cost.

Other and equally important objects and advantages of my invention willbe apparent from the following description and drawings, wherein I haveillustrated a preferred form of my invention, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view;

Figure 2 is a top plan view, and

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig-. ure 2.

In the drawings, wherein like characters of reference are used todesignate like or similar arts:

p The numerals I and 2 designate the handles of my device, which arepreferably formed of suitable hard wood and have slightly taperedrounded grip parts 3, and the remaining parts of the handles 4 aresubstantially rectangular in cross-section, and are slightly taperedtoward the ends as at 5. A strap hinge 6 connects the ends 5 of thehandles and has parts i passing over the ends and parts 8 bentsubstantially at right-angles to the parts 1 and lying upon and attachedto the tapered ends of the handles. Four bolts 9-two for eachhandle-connect the hinge to the handles. Back of the front end of thehandles is an opening l formed by semicylindrical recesses. The wall ofthe opening, between its ends has a bead II. In operation, the handlesare pivoted apart and the insulator l2 grasped in the opening in withthe bead ll fitting in the slot. The handles are then pressed togetherand the tool raised, using the short end i3 as leverage, if desired,with the ends of the handles bearing against any convenient object andfunctioning as a fulcrum point after the manner of a pry bar.

I claim:

A tool for pulling a grooved insulator off its support comprising a pairof elongated members, each of said members having slightly tapered androunded forward portions forming a hand-grip, said forward portionsmerging into slightly oppositely tapered and rectangular crosssectionedrearward portions, a strap hinge having a pair of strap-like memberspivoted together with the portions of said strap-like members adjacentthe pivoted parts abutting the rearmost ends of said rectangularportions of said members, end portions of said strap-like members beingbent forwardly of said members and engaging the tapered sides of saidrearward portions of said elongated members, means securing said endportions of said strap-like members to said elongated members tohingedly connect said elongated members together, opposedsemi-cylindrical recesses in said rectangular rearward portions of saidmembers, circular projections in said recesses intermediate the endsthereof, whereby a grooved insulator may be grasped by said membersbetween said semicylindrical recesses at a point of inter-engagementbetween said circular projections and the groove of an insulator whichmay then be pulled from its support by utilizing the rearward portionsof the elongated members as a fulcrum means.

ERNEST HENRY THUREEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 699,803 Monehan et al May 13,1902 2,245,838 Taylor June 17, 1941 2,329,562 Stensrud Sept. 14, 1943FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 211,071 Switzerland Nov. 1, 1940

